Barrel support



Feb- 10 1925. 1,525,685

OLSON BARREL SUPPORT Filed May 7. 1924 wumtop Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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BARREL SUPPORT.

Application filed May 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, ALFRED Orson, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Clark, in thecounty of Clark and State of South Dakota, haveinvented certain new and useends thereof, and a pair of angular arrangedsupporting arms adjacent said wheels and connected to said axle at oneend provided with barrel engaging hooks at the other end, correspondingarms at each end of the axlebeing arranged in parallel spaced relation,and secured in such relation by suitable cross bars adjacent the hookedends of the arms, a U-shaped supporting bracket being mounted on one ofsaid arms and adapted to rest on the supporting surface of the barrelsupport, for cooperation with the wheels in supporting a barrel in saidsupporting arms, means being provided for adjusting the angular relationof the supportin arms, and connecting links being provided between theaxle and the supporting bracket for holding said bracket in spacedrelation with the axle, said connecting arm also cooperating with thesupporting arm at the axle, for holding the wheels in rotatable spacedrelation on said axle.

The invention comprehends other objects and improvements in the detailsof construction and arrangement of parts, which are more particularlypointed out in the following description and claim, directed to apreferred form of the invention, it being understood, however, thatvariations maybe made in the arrangement and formation of the parts,without departing from the spirit and scope of the following descriptionand claim.

In the drawing, forming a part of this application Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the barrel support, showing the manner of supporting thebarrel thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of said barrel support.

Figure 3 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a detail view, showing the 1924. Serial No. 711,668.

manner of securing a cross bar to the sup-v porting arm.

This invention relates more specifically to improvements over theco-pending application, Serial No. 677,725, filed November 30, 1923, andwhich improvements will be: apparent during the course of the followingdescription.

The improved barrel support includes an axle 1 provided. at theendportions thereof with wheels 2, on which said support is,

adapted to be wheeled, in an obvious manner. A pair of angularlyarranged supporting arms 3 and 4 are connected at one end to the axle 1,inwardly of the wheels 2, as clearly indicated in Figure 2, and. ex-

tend in angular relation upwardly from said axle, in a manner clearlyillustrated in Figure 1, the outer ends of said supporting arms beingformed with barrel engaging hooks 5.. It willbe noted that the arms 3, j

at opposite ends of the axle are arrangedin parallel spaced relation,and connected by Suitable cross bars (5, having reduced ends 7,extending through openings 8, in the outer end portions of said arms,and headed, as indicated at 9, for holding the outer free end of theparallel supporting arms 3 and 4 respectively, in proper spacedrelation. These cross bars also provide a means for aiding in thesupport of the barrel B, the lower edge of which is adapted to rest onsaid bars. Adjusting rods are indicated at 10, for each pair ofangular-1y arranged arms 3 and 4, having one end offset, as at 11, andextended through an opening in the supporting arm 3, and suitablyanchored therein, while the opposite ends of said rods slidably extendthrough studs 12, mounted on the arms 4, and project outwardlytherefrom, said screws 18, being threadably mounted in the outer endsand adapted to be engaged with the rods 10, for locking said rods in adesired position of adjustment in said studs.

A U-shaped supporting bracket is indicated generally at 14-, the legs 15of which are provided with offset upper ends 16, mounted on the crossbar 6, connecting the arms 4, and depending therefrom, so that theconnecting portions of said arms, indicated at 17, will seat on the samesupporting surface as the wheels 2, for coopera tion therewith inholding the arms in proper supporting relation, for supporting thebarrel. A pair of connecting links 18 have one end secured at the lowerends of the legs 15 of said U-shaped bracket member, and the other endsecured to the outer end portion of the axle 1, so that said connectingbars will hold said supporting bracket M in proper relation with respectto the axle, for supporting the barrel in a proper relation, and at thesame time cooperating with the lower ends of the supporting arms forretaining the wheels 2, in a desired spaced relation on the axle.

It will be noted from an examination of Figure 1, that the ends of thearms 4: are extended as indicated at 4: beyond the peripheries of thewheel 2, so that they will act as a support for the arms, the axle andthe barrel, when the same is being raised or moved from a verticalposition, to the horizontal position shown in Figure 1, and preventsengagement of the wheels with the ground or supporting surface, tothereby prevent rolling of the barrel thereon, during this raisingoperation. These arms 4: however, do not interfere with the wheeling ofthe barrel on the support from place to place, as the ends do not engagethe supporting surface, until the U-shaped member 1% has been raisedseveral inches above the supporting surface.

It will be seen from the foregoing descrip tion that a novel and simpleform of wheeled barrel support has been provided, which is a substantialimprovement of the co-pending application, and which is more efficientin its operation, in the support of a barrel.

What is claimed is:

A barrel support including two pairs of supporting arms the inner endsof the arms of one pair eing connected to the inner ends of the arms ofthe other pair with the arms of the respective pairs arranged inrelative angular relation, the arms of each of said pairs being disposedin spaced parallelism with respect to each other and the outer ends ofall of said arms being provided with barrel engaging hooks, cross barsconnecting the said arms together adjacent the outer end thereof formaintaining them in spaced parallelism, a U- shaped supporting brackethaving the free ends of its arms connected with and depending from oneof said cross bars, a pair of parallel connecting links secured at oneend to the bottom of the U-shaped supporting brackets and extending inspaced parallel relation to and being connected with the inner ends ofthe arms of the pairs for holding the latter in spaced parallelism andthe bracket in spaced relation thereto, and adjusting rods connectingthe arms of one pair with the arms of the other pair, whereby to permitthe pairs to be adjusted to various angular positions with respect toeach other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED OLSON.

